-vənsē, -si noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: probably from Medieval Latin insolventia, from Latin in- in- (I) + solvent-, solvens (present participle of solvere to pay, free, dissolve) + -ia -y
1. : the fact or state of being insolvent : inability to pay debts
2. : insufficiency (as of an estate) to discharge all enforceable debts